1923 - 2008
Charlton Heston (born John Charles Carter; October 4, 1923 – April 5, 2008) was an American actor and political activist. As a Hollywood star, he appeared in almost 100 films over the course of 60 years. He played Moses in the epic film The Ten Commandments (1956), for which he received his first nomination for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama, and the title role in Ben-Hur (1959), for which he won the Academy Award for Best Actor. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Charlton Heston has received more than 10,451,123 page views. His biography is available in 74 different languages on Wikipedia. Charlton Heston is the 109th most popular actor (down from 90th in 2019), the 210th most popular biography from United States (down from 185th in 2019) and the 55th most popular American Actor.
Charlton Heston is most famous for his role as Moses in the film The Ten Commandments.
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Among actors, Charlton Heston ranks 109 out of 9,996. Before him are Monica Vitti, Helen Mirren, Ben Affleck, Henry Fonda, Christopher Reeve, and Mel Gibson. After him are Jean Gabin, Buster Keaton, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Monica Bellucci, Olivia de Havilland, and John Travolta.
1931 - 2022
HPI: 71.60
Rank: 103
1945 - Present
HPI: 71.59
Rank: 104
1972 - Present
HPI: 71.57
Rank: 105
1905 - 1982
HPI: 71.52
Rank: 106
1952 - 2004
HPI: 71.41
Rank: 107
1956 - Present
HPI: 71.38
Rank: 108
1923 - 2008
HPI: 71.36
Rank: 109
1904 - 1976
HPI: 71.34
Rank: 110
1895 - 1966
HPI: 71.30
Rank: 111
1960 - Present
HPI: 71.28
Rank: 112
1964 - Present
HPI: 71.24
Rank: 113
1916 - 2020
HPI: 71.19
Rank: 114
1954 - Present
HPI: 71.04
Rank: 115
Among people born in 1923, Charlton Heston ranks 9. Before him are Lee Kuan Yew, Shimon Peres, Rainier III, Prince of Monaco, Idi Amin, Wisława Szymborska, and Heydar Aliyev. After him are Marcel Marceau, Irma Grese, Rocky Marciano, Wojciech Jaruzelski, Italo Calvino, and Peter II of Yugoslavia. Among people deceased in 2008, Charlton Heston ranks 11. Before him are Edmund Hillary, Chinghiz Aitmatov, Arthur C. Clarke, Irena Sendler, Suharto, and Samuel P. Huntington. After him are Albert Hofmann, Hua Guofeng, Sydney Pollack, Jørn Utzon, Harold Pinter, and Richard Widmark.
1923 - 2015
HPI: 75.97
Rank: 3
1923 - 2016
HPI: 75.17
Rank: 4
1923 - 2005
HPI: 74.23
Rank: 5
1923 - 2003
HPI: 74.09
Rank: 6
1923 - 2012
HPI: 72.25
Rank: 7
1923 - 2003
HPI: 72.17
Rank: 8
1923 - 2008
HPI: 71.36
Rank: 9
1923 - 2007
HPI: 70.24
Rank: 10
1923 - 1945
HPI: 70.13
Rank: 11
1923 - 1969
HPI: 70.07
Rank: 12
1923 - 2014
HPI: 70.02
Rank: 13
1923 - 1985
HPI: 69.76
Rank: 14
1923 - 1970
HPI: 69.65
Rank: 15
1919 - 2008
HPI: 73.20
Rank: 5
1928 - 2008
HPI: 72.29
Rank: 6
1917 - 2008
HPI: 72.08
Rank: 7
1910 - 2008
HPI: 71.83
Rank: 8
1921 - 2008
HPI: 71.78
Rank: 9
1927 - 2008
HPI: 71.60
Rank: 10
1923 - 2008
HPI: 71.36
Rank: 11
1906 - 2008
HPI: 71.17
Rank: 12
1921 - 2008
HPI: 70.08
Rank: 13
1934 - 2008
HPI: 68.08
Rank: 14
1918 - 2008
HPI: 67.10
Rank: 15
1930 - 2008
HPI: 66.68
Rank: 16
1914 - 2008
HPI: 66.49
Rank: 17
Among people born in United States, Charlton Heston ranks 210 out of 18,182. Before him are David Rockefeller (1915), Christopher Reeve (1952), Edward Thorndike (1874), Jesse Owens (1913), Mel Gibson (1956), and Philip K. Dick (1928). After him are Coen brothers (null), Buster Keaton (1895), J. Robert Oppenheimer (1904), Quentin Tarantino (1963), Miles Davis (1926), and James Brown (1933).
1915 - 2017
HPI: 71.43
Rank: 204
1952 - 2004
HPI: 71.41
Rank: 205
1874 - 1949
HPI: 71.41
Rank: 206
1913 - 1980
HPI: 71.38
Rank: 207
1956 - Present
HPI: 71.38
Rank: 208
1928 - 1982
HPI: 71.38
Rank: 209
1923 - 2008
HPI: 71.36
Rank: 210
HPI: 71.35
Rank: 211
1895 - 1966
HPI: 71.30
Rank: 212
1904 - 1967
HPI: 71.29
Rank: 213
1963 - Present
HPI: 71.27
Rank: 214
1926 - 1991
HPI: 71.27
Rank: 215
1933 - 2006
HPI: 71.24
Rank: 216
Among actors born in United States, Charlton Heston ranks 55. Before him are Gary Cooper (1901), Alec Baldwin (1958), Ben Affleck (1972), Henry Fonda (1905), Christopher Reeve (1952), and Mel Gibson (1956). After him are Buster Keaton (1895), John Travolta (1954), Tommy Lee Jones (1946), Orson Welles (1915), Cameron Diaz (1972), and Spencer Tracy (1900).
1901 - 1961
HPI: 71.70
Rank: 49
1958 - Present
HPI: 71.61
Rank: 50
1972 - Present
HPI: 71.57
Rank: 51
1905 - 1982
HPI: 71.52
Rank: 52
1952 - 2004
HPI: 71.41
Rank: 53
1956 - Present
HPI: 71.38
Rank: 54
1923 - 2008
HPI: 71.36
Rank: 55
1895 - 1966
HPI: 71.30
Rank: 56
1954 - Present
HPI: 71.04
Rank: 57
1946 - Present
HPI: 70.92
Rank: 58
1915 - 1985
HPI: 70.88
Rank: 59
1972 - Present
HPI: 70.83
Rank: 60
1900 - 1967
HPI: 70.83
Rank: 61